TELEGRAM TO A. V. LUNACHARSKY

Published:First published in 1933 inLenin Miscellany XXI.

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September18,1918

People’sCommissar LunacharskyPetrograd

Copyto Pokrovsky, 53 Ostozhenka, Moscow

Ihave heard today Vinogradov’s report on the busts
and monuments, and am utterly outraged; nothing has
been done for months; to this day there is not a single bust,
the disappearance of the bust of Radishchev is a farce. There
is no bust of Marx on public display, nothing has been
done in the way of propaganda by putting up inscriptions in
the streets. I reprimand you for this criminal and
lackadaisical attitude, and demand that the names of all
responsible persons should be sent me for prosecution. Shame on the
saboteurs and thoughtless loafers.

LeninChairman, Council of People’s Commissars